My next large Liberty Snake has been dedicated to teachers. Notoriously underpaid and undervalued, they are now involuntarily on the front line in a pandemic. There does not seem to be a consensus on the reopening of public schools in a few weeks. I am of the opinion that it is not a good idea to do so before mass testing and a vaccine. Most of these painted snakes are made with large stamps and stencils in order to speed up the process of painting such a large area. For this one I took my time and painted it free hand. The raucus designs were influenced by the flying aces of World War 1, in particular the bright colors and mesmerizing bulls eyes of Baron Von Richtofen’s Flying Circus. A flying circus it is indeed for educators.
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